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A closeup of the articulation used between passenger cars on the Nebraska Zephyr trainset. The twin Nebraska Zephyr trainsets were built in 1936 by the Budd Company as the second pair of Twin Zephyrs, built for service between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul, both of which had cars named for classical
A zephyr is a stream-liner train-set of locomotives or power cars with matching passenger cars. Zephyr train-sets with proper names include: ... Nebraska Zephyr ...
Nebraska Limited: Chicago Great Western: Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1921] 1916–1952 Nebraska Limited: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy: Chicago, Illinois–Lincoln, Nebraska [1923] 1917; 1923–1928 Nebraska Zephyr: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy: Chicago, Illinois–Lincoln, Nebraska [1955] 1947–1971 Nebraska-Chicago Limited
Articulated passenger trains have cars sharing common trucks between them, ... Mark Twain Zephyr; MS Multi-section car (New York City Subway car) N. Nebraska Zephyr;
The Illinois Railway Museum is home to the Nebraska Zephyr articulated train along with several Budd-built passenger cars and a pair of CTA 2200 series cars. [30] Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry has housed the Pioneer Zephyr since its retirement in 1960. [31]
Pages in category "Passenger rail transportation in Nebraska" ... California Zephyr; California Zephyr (1949–1970) Chicago Hub Network; D. Denver Zephyr; E ...
The locomotive was last used on the Fort Worth and Denver Railway (a CB&Q subsidiary) for the Texas Zephyr. It is now paired with one of the Burlington's Nebraska Zephyrs, a 5 car, articulated, stainless steel passenger train from 1936.
Railroad drumheads were removable so that they could be mounted on different passenger cars (usually on the rear of observations), as needed for specific trains. The observation car on the Nebraska Zephyr at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois , showing a rectangular drumhead.